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You are in good hands with the GenQA team, who collectively hold a vast amount of experience in clinical diagnostics, research and quality assessment in the field of genomics.
Here are the names and faces of all the GenQA team who help to serve the international genomic community with our External Quality Assessments and educational activities. The senior scientific staff are all registered with The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), who regulate the workforce in the UK.
See below for individual contact details for EQAs.
Director (Consultant Clinical Scientist)
Professor Sandi Deans, PhD
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Scientific Managerial and Operational oversight of all GenQA services. Genomic and Inherited disorders, Molecular Pathology, NGS, PGT, Molecular Newborn screening, PGx, HGVS nomenclature, Viral sequencing, Variant classification, Clinical Genetics and Quality management.
Email: sandi.deans@genqa.org
Deputy Directors (Principal Clinical Scientists)
Dave Cregeen, PhD
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Genomic and Inherited disorders, NGS, Molecular Newborn screening, HGVS nomenclature, Viral sequencing and Variant classification.
Email: dave.cregeen@genqa.org
Jenni Fairley, PhD
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Molecular pathology (solid tumours) and Variant classification.
Email: jenni.fairley@genqa.org
Farrah Khawaja
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Genomic and Inherited disorders, NGS and PGT.
Email: farrah.khawaja@genqa.org
Fiona Oswald
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Haemato-oncology cytogenomics, ISCN and NIPT.
Email: fiona.oswald@genqa.org
Katrina Rack, PhD
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Haemato-oncology cytogenomics and Clinical Genetics.
Email: katrina.rack@genqa.org
Mark Sales
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Constitutional cytogenomic disorders, Breakage syndromes, ISCN, PGT and Variant classification.
Email: mark.sales@genqa.org
Melody Tabiner
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Constitutional cytogenomics disorders, ISCN, Variant classification and Clinical Genetics.
Email: melody.tabiner@genqa.org
Becky Treacy
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Genomic and Inherited disorders and Pharmacogenomics.
Email: becky.treacy@genqa.org
Operational Manager
Quality Managers
Bettina Quellhorst
Quality Manager
Compliance to ISO 17043, Corporate and Marketing Lead
Email: bettinaq@genqa.org
Technologists
Cheryl Guiver
Technical Officer
Technical data and organisational support, registrations and invoicing enquiries
Email: cheryl.guiver@genqa.org
Emily Clough, PhD
Senior Genetic Technologist
Molecular pathology (solid tumours) and Haemato-oncology cytogenomics.
Email: emily.clough@genqa.org
Sandra Romero
Genetic Technologist
NGS, Molecular Newborn screening and Viral sequencing EQAs.
Email: sandra.romero@genqa.org
Abbie Trosh
Genetic Technologist
Molecular pathology EQAs and Tissue-i Lead.
Email: abbie.trosh@genqa.org
Fiona Brown
Healthcare Scientist Associate Practitioner
Technical and organisational support
Email: fiona.brown@genqa.org
Lauren Reid
Healthcare Scientist Associate Practitioner
Technical and organisational support
Email: lauren.reid@genqa.org
Andrew Todd-Hems
Healthcare Scientist Associate Practitioner
Technical and organisational support
Email: andrew.todd-hems@genqa.org
Rona Werner
Healthcare Scientist Associate Practitioner
Technical and organisational support
Email: rona.werner@genqa.org
Marketing and Business Officer
Administrators
External Consultants
GenQA relies on the scientific knowledge and dedication of our expert scientific assessors and members of the Specialist Advisory Groups (SAG). More information on these roles can be found at https://genqa.org/work-with-us
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